one ugly ride but 300hp turbo v6 and awd sonds great

Holy ****.

Looks great, my only question is, is it a proper RWD based AWD system? Or is it one of these transverse FWD systems with some power to the rear wheels when needed.

Whatever it is, it would help GM to get these things on the road asap.

One thing about that interior.. it definately doesn’t look all that concept-ish. Could definately be a production interior.

Nice looking car… both companies could stand more vehicles looking like this.

I dig that interior, especially the asymmetrical arm rest.
I don’t know about you, but those new pedestrian friendly noses are getting on my nerves.

what are pedestrian friendly noses?

Lose the tear-ducts on the bumper next to the eyes and this ride will rock.

Well, at least this design is *interesting*, compared to the same old, extremely BORING designs plaguing GM, especially their Buick/Pontiac divisions.

the pedestrian friendly noses are correctly described by renton. Long story short, regulatory BS to make cars safer for pedestrians when the car hits them. Mostly fronts that give-in and that have more space before the engine and that are flatter… The idea being that the pedestrian will suffer lesser injuries.

Wow, looks awesome. Reminiscent of the Bently GT (could the pedestrian legislation might have something to do with that), but the profile is sleeker. I like it, a 300hp turbo v6 and AWD sounds sweet too.

IMO they should keep the body but use the Zeta platform and have this be Saturns version of the Camaro. Keep it AWD too, just to differentiate it from the rest of the Zetas, and it will definitely be RWD based that way.

Rear 3/4 reminds me of the G6 Coupe, otherwise, nice looking vehicle.

love it love it love it. GM bring this here asap, NOW,NOW,NOW. Finally an awd system with decent hp from GM. dont care what its calles, buick gn, saturn redline of some sort, cts coupe, dont care just dont slap a cobalt ss label on it. i dont care if its slower than the rest of the awd ricers, i would buy it.

Alright a new DTM fighter!! Bring Opel back to DTM

The New Saturn AURA is an Opel.

f’n sweet

I like the front and I like the back, but the middle is kinda chunky.

See, now THIS is what the G6 GXP should be! Not some ricer appearance package.

Bring it here, GM! Though it would be nice to get that 300hp naturally.

this car is kick ass… if Lutz knows what he’s doing, he’ll bring it over as a Saturn or Saab…BRING IT GM!! This could be my first GM car if it looks remotely close to this…

Freakin hot if you ask me! GM has clearly got its mojo back!

the Calibra was a hot car, heres hoping they bring it back

If that’s going to be what future Vectra’s look like, then count me in. This thing could be a Vectra VXR…
Of course, they’ll wipe out all the cool detailing, not to mention the V6 engine. This intense dullification happens to all concept cars. (Although the new Jag C XF claims to look very similar to the production version). Why can’t manufacturers do a futura edition of cars or something which will look very similar to the concepts which inspire them.

@Aston Martin: I agree, I really hope they don’t dullify this concept. Speaking of Jags, that XF concept is awesome too. Hopefully the production version is as close to the concept as the XK was.

This car is hot. From the side though it looked alittle similar to the honda accord concept.

It should look some like the G6 coupe, they’re both Epsilon.
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And the Aura isn’t really an Opel Clone. It has Vectra design cues but it was an all new design for Saturn. The Vectra is on the short wheelbase Epsilon, the Aura on the long wheelbase.

If i wanted pedestrian friendly i would just weld a cattle guard across the front end or a snow plow, just push the j-walkers out of the way.

Well 9 times out of 10, If this thing gets produced, it will make it stateside as a Saturn!

I just wish GM would sell OPELS in America again, and quit sticking Saturn badges on them. Having the Opel line back in Buick dealerships could work, and bring people in those doors. I’d love a pure bred Opel again. But, it’ll never happen, they’ll just keep up the label game to make Saturn look like a profitable American company.

I love this car, and hope we see the fruits of this labor on our side of the pond. I just want it to have an official Blitz on the grille.

This will get a lot of Saturn fans for sure, but for the life of me, I can’t help but think two things.

1) This will end up as a Pontiac. Not a bad thing to replace the G6 with an AWD if not a RWD car.

2) A passing swipe at the Skyline GT-R. Not meant to really compete with it but still give folks who can’t foot the bill the shot Mitsubishi keeps passing up by not building a proper AWD Eclipse.

The car is cool, but the hood just doesn’t fit with the rest of the car. The integrated lights and scoops look far enough over the top not to make production. The rear looks like a G6 coupe. The profile looks something like an Audi mixed with an Acura. The interior is graceful and exciting. I like it, except the redness… A bit too “gimme”.

I’d love to see this car as a Saturn in a couple of years… or sooner.

that roofline and glass shape scream skyline/g35/350z, way to rip that off. but other then that, a decent looking car, sounds like a nice drivetrain configuartion

Looks pretty ridiculous

I like everything except the big vertical vents coming off of the headlights. Also, why not use the direct-injected 3.6l V6 going into the 2008 CTS, which already has 300hp?

Still an amazing car, though.

GM absolutely must bring that over as an Aura Coupe or a solo Coupe to fight the Accord/Altima combo. Gorgeous design, love the interior and it will definitely sell well.

GM’s on a roll that’s for sure.

incredible job GM. keep ‘em coming

Saturn Aura coupe please!

And dual it with the next G6 coupe.. the rear end and trunk cutline already look amazingly like the G6, just longer overhang.

Either way, it looks a helluva lot better than that hideous Accord coupe concept they just showed, and it would definitely give the Altima coupe a run for the money.

An amazing job by an amazing company. This will smash the competition to bits if they even try.

**** thats nice, i doubt vectra will be rwd though (shame)